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AI Evangelist - VP Research Insights at G2 - Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School

Go Faster Into the Age of AI - Accelerate Your Organization's AI Journey

Kickstart your event with an energizing keynote designed to rapidly accelerate your organization's transition into an AI-first powerhouse. Tim Sanders challenges attendees with a transformative vision: "What if you could be 3x better this year and 10x better the next?"

In this dynamic session, Tim shares his proven roadmap to AI excellence, demonstrating how teams can turbocharge performance with just a few strategic hours per week. He demystifies AI, showing practical ways to integrate generative AI into daily workflows.

Leaders gain clear strategies to accelerate organizational adoption, ignite innovation, and foster ongoing conversations around AI. Through vivid case studies, personal stories, and compelling data, Tim uniquely combines inspiration with actionable leadership strategies.

Attendees will leave empowered with insights on generating Learning Effects, bridging Trust Gaps, and leveraging human judgment as a critical advantage in an AI-driven world.

Perfect for: Events accelerating digital transformation, organizations scaling AI adoption, and forward-thinking meetings that aim to proactively harness AI.

"How AI can be your new best friend" was not only educational but actually fun to listen to. Tim’s deep expertise in artificial intelligence provided our audience with a comprehensive understanding of current AI trends and the serious implications for market research, employee experience and the customer experience. Notably, His prediction that Small Language Models would be "good enough" by 2025 resonated strongly with attendees, offering valuable foresight into the rapid advancements in AI technology. Tim was able to put our audience at ease with the vastness that is AI while simultaneously igniting an enthusiasm with actionable strategies."

-Crystal Wiese, Sr Director Global Marketing, QuestionPro


AI Mega Trends from the Front Lines of the Business World 

Want to know how AI will disrupt—or turbocharge—your industry next year? Tim Sanders is your guide to the future. As the leader of Research Insights at G2 and an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School’s Digital Data Design Institute, Tim is at the forefront of AI-driven transformation. He spends his days in conversation with business leaders across industries, distilling insights that help organizations leverage AI for competitive advantage. 

In this high-energy, insight-packed keynote, Tim unpacks the most important AI trends shaping the business landscape, revealing their economic impact and real-world applications. He translates complex AI concepts into clear, actionable strategies that accelerate business growth—enhancing efficiencies, driving hyper-productivity, and boosting velocity across go-to-market functions.

Tim’s dynamic storytelling and creative use of metaphor make AI accessible to business leaders at all levels. His keynote is always tailored to the audience’s industry and learning objectives, ensuring relevance and immediate value. Attendees will walk away inspired and activated, ready to explore AI’s possibilities and integrate them into their business strategies.

Perfect for: Business leaders, executives, and decision-makers seeking to harness AI for growth and innovation.

“Tim kicked our annual meeting off on the perfect note.  Not only was his presentation engaging, timely and high energy, but he took the time and effort to target his expertise on the issues and challenges specific to our audience.  He genuinely wanted to understand our interests and relate to the audience in a way that added maximum value and impact.  I would not hesitate to bring him back to a future event and/or recommend him to others”. 

Chief Administrative Officer, Farm Credit Bank of Texas

 

Innovating Faster - Why Collaboration Changes Everything

Leaders in every industry prioritize innovation but are frustrated with how long it takes to bring breakthroughs to market. According to bestselling author and consultant Tim Sanders, the best way to speed up the innovation process is to promote a culture of collaboration across your organization and externally with partners, customers and competimates.

Over his career, Tim has studied leaders that practice what he terms ‘disruptive collaboration,’ a problem-solving style that leverages surprising alliances along the fault-lines of a company or its market. He’ll reveal how the biggest leaps and turnarounds in history came from collisions of thought, not safe work in our silos of excellence. Tim’s eye-opening keynote will deliver actionable insights and tools that will accelerate the rate of innovation, drive agility and quickly produce breakthrough business outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

  • Why Companies That Practice Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration Outperform Rivals
  • How to Leverage the Power of Multiple Perspectives to Solve Problems 3X Faster
  • How to Bring Multiple Stakeholder Needs From “Me-to-We” in a Collaborative Project
  • Why Innovation Requires a Focus on Building a Collaborative Web of Relationships
  • How to Connect the Silos, One Collaboration Project at a Time

"Tim Sanders is a great follow-on for clients who have booked me previously. Where I speak around innovation mindsets, Tim compliments this message with the idea of innovation through collaboration. He's great on stage, great to work with and does an incredible amount of customization for each client. I highly recommend him!" 

Josh Linkner - Global Keynote Speaker


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Tim Sanders Videos

Explore Tim Sander's speaker videos below. His keynotes at conferences and corporate meetings offer actionable insights on leadership development, sales, collaboration, and corporate culture. He’s passionate about motivating audiences to move to action. 

Tim Sanders Biography

About Tim Sanders

Vice President of Research Insights at G2, Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School and NY Times Best Selling Author.

As the Vice President of Research Insights at G2, Tim’s deep expertise in analyzing data to reveal trends, shows customers how to understand what’s actually happening in the market today, particularly as it relates to artificial intelligence. 

As an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School, he works with the Digital Data Design Institute to package AI and digital innovation research for application by business leaders. 

Most recently, Tim was the VP of Client Strategy at Upwork where he focused on helping businesses solve their talent gap problems, with an emphasis on digital transformation.

Previous to that, he was the Chief Solutions Officer and a leadership coach at Yahoo, where he founded a ValueLab group which also produced research on industries, digital advertising effectiveness, search-data-as-predictor, and online promotions. Before Yahoo, he was an early-stage member of Mark Cuban's broadcast.com, and a faculty member of the Global Institute of Leadership Development.

With more than 25 years of experience working with companies on innovation and change management, Tim is also the author of five books, including the New York Times bestseller, Love is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends. He has also served as Chairperson for private equity's most important events over the last few years. 

As a keynote speaker, Tim shares insights on artificial intelligence, digital transformation, collaboration, and change management topics.

 

Tim Sanders Testimonials

"How AI can be your new best friend" was not only educational but actually fun to listen to. Tim’s deep expertise in artificial intelligence provided our audience with a comprehensive understanding of current AI trends and the serious implications for market research, employee experience and the customer experience. Notably, His prediction that Small Language Models would be "good enough" by 2025 resonated strongly with attendees, offering valuable foresight into the rapid advancements in AI technology. Tim was able to put our audience at ease with the vastness that is AI while simultaneously igniting an enthusiasm with actionable strategies. 

Crystal Weise, Sr Director Global Marketing, QuestionPro

Hearing Tim Sanders speak is a game-changer for your business.

“Hearing Tim Sanders speak is a game-changer for your business. He taught us about the value of building diverse teams and how important it is to build strong internal and external relationships long before these relationships are needed.”

Craig Galati, President, Society for Marketing Professional Services

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Tim Sanders Introduction

Tim Sanders Introductions

Vice President of Research Insights at G2, Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School and NY Times Best Selling Author.


As the Vice President of Research Insights at G2, Tim’s deep expertise in analyzing data to reveal trends, shows customers how to understand what’s actually happening in the market today, particularly as it relates to artificial intelligence.  He has more than 25 years of experience working with companies on innovation and change management. In 2024, he was appointed Executive Fellow at the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard Business School. In that role, his focus is on delivering insights on the “Return on AI” for business leaders.


Tim began his career as an early-stage member of Mark Cuban's broadcast.com and, once acquired, he became the Chief Solutions Officer at Yahoo!. He is also the author of five books, including the New York Times bestseller, Love is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends.

Tim Sanders Technical Requirements

Tim Sanders Technical Requirements - Live Events

Please provide the following for Tim Sanders:

  • Lavalier microphone
  • Tim will provide the presentation slides in advance via Dropbox link.

SOUND CHECK: ​Tim ​requires no more than a ​20-minute sound check.

  • The sound check needs to occur no earlier than 30 minutes of doors-open.

**NOTE: Tim’s slides are done professionally so he requires at least 14 days notice if you need his presentation slides in advance.

  • Tim will prepare his slides for wide-screen (an aspect ratio of 16:9) – he is unable to adjust the size onsite.

Tim Sanders Technical Requirements - Virtual Events

  • Give him the questions via iMessage. Also use iMessage to communicate with him on anything presentation-related (ie. if he has no sound or goes out of focus etc.)

  • The moderator will need to share his slides at various points throughout his keynote; he will cue these and it will be practiced during the tech rehearsal.